Tina Seelig is Professor of the Practice in Stanford University’s Department of Management Science and Engineering, and is a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. She teaches courses in the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) and leads three fellowship programs in the School of Engineering that are focused on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Seelig earned her PhD in Neuroscience at Stanford Medical School, and has been a management consultant, entrepreneur, and author of 17 books, including Insight Out (2016), inGenius (2012), and What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 (2009). She is the recipient of the Gordon Prize from the National Academy of Engineering, the Olympus Innovation Award, and the Silicon Valley Visionary Award.

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TED Talk - How to Catch Luck:Entrepreneurs manifest new ventures seemingly out of thin air. On the surface they look incredibly lucky, but they are really masters of making their own luck. The key is understanding that luck is rarely a lightning strike – isolated and dramatic – but a wind that blows constantly. Therefore, you need to build a sail - made up of tiny behaviors - to catch the winds of luck. This talk was delivered at TED NYC in June 2018.

The 6 Characteristics of Truly Creative PeopleCreativity often feels like a mystery. Whether we are struggling to generate fresh ideas or staring at problems with no solutions in sight, the spark of creative genius often seems out of reach. In this talk, delivered at Lincoln Center in New York City, Tina Seelig reveals a set of tools and conditions that we each control - our Innovation Engine - that allows us to increase our own creativity and that of our teams and organizations. She shows that just as the scientific method demystifies the process of discovery, there is a formal process for unlocking the pathway to invention

A Crash Course in Creativity with more than 44,000 Student​Tina Seelig taught several interactive, online creativity courses to tens of thousands of people around the world. In this video she describes the experience and what she learned about online education, including the challenges, surprises, and opportunities. One key take away is that teaching in a classroom is like surfing, where you learn how to skillfully ride the incoming waves. In contrast, online teaching is like steering an ocean liner - if you see an iceberg, you are very likely to hit it!

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Tina Seelig welcomes feedback and questions from readers, as well as queries about speaking engagements. You can also follow her on Twitter and Medium. On this page you will find a form to submit questions/requests, and links to Tina Seelig on social media.